New nonprofit seeks to help the homeless

A Santa Clarita Valley resident has worked for about a year forming a nonprofit organization for homeless people and plans the group’s first public event Saturday, with all SCV residents invited.

Julie Beijer chose National Homeless Persons Memorial Day on Saturday for a candlelight vigil at the Valencia Town Center starting in front of the movie theaters at 5 p.m. and walking the circumference of the mall, she said.

On Sunday the group, called Love People Project, will take “life packs” to the homeless on Skid Row in Los Angeles, providing them with “a nomadic home” for those who have no place to live except on the streets, Beijer said.